Anta de Fonte de Mouratao

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Anta de Fonte de Mouratão (Portugal)
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Location of the Anta de Fonte de Mouratão in Portugal.

The Anta de Fonte de Mouratão , also known under the name Anta do Mouratão , is a megalithic complex about 9.5 km west of Castelo de Vide , in the municipality ( Portuguese Freguesia ) São João Baptista in the district ( Portuguese concelho ) Castelo de Vide , district Portalegre in the northeast Alentejo .

Anta , Mámoa , Dolmen , Orca and Lapa are the common names in Portugal for the approximately 5000 megalithic structures that were built during the Neolithic in the west of the Iberian Peninsula by the successors of the Cardial or Imprint culture .

Monument preservation

From 1867–1868 the complex was examined and published by Francisco António Pereira da Costa , and in 1910 it was registered and protected as a Monumento Nacional . A modern archaeological follow-up investigation of the site is still pending. In the course of the 1986 prospecting , the facility was cataloged. In 1998 and 1999, the laying of a gas pipeline in the immediate vicinity of the Anta was archaeologically monitored.

The facility was used for a longer period as an agricultural outbuilding, including a chicken coop.

Finding

The regular polygonal burial chamber is formed by seven granite bearing stones ( orthostats ) that have been preserved in situ . However, three of the bearing stones are badly damaged. The capstone is still preserved and has slipped slightly towards the wall of the adjacent, modern building.

The spaces between the supporting stones are walled up due to their use as an agricultural building and the former entrance to the Anta was closed with a door.

The excavation revealed no evidence of a corridor or a hill ( mámoa ) of the tomb.

Finds

No information is available about possible finds from the excavation between 1867 and 1868.

The site can therefore only be dated generally to the period from the end of the Neolithic to the Copper Age (3500–2000 BC).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Rosario Gordalina: Anta de Fonte de Mouratão / Anta do Mouratão . Direção – Geral do Património Cultural - Sistema de Informação para o Património Arquitectónico, 1991, accessed on December 23, 2019 (Portuguese).
  2. ↑ Francisco A. Pereira da Costa: Noções sobre o estado préhistórico da terra e do homem seguidas da descripção de alguns dolmins ou antas de Portugal . Lisbon 1868, p. 90 (Portuguese).
  3. ↑ Decreto de 16-06-1910. (PDF) In: DG, n.º 136, de 23-06-1910. June 23, 1910, p. 2163 , accessed December 23, 2019 (Portuguese).
  4. ↑ a b c A. Martins: Anta de Fonte de Mouratão . Direção – Geral do Património Cultural, accessed December 23, 2019 (Portuguese).
  5. ↑ a b c Anta da Fonte de Mouratão / Monte do Mouratão . Direção – Geral do Património Cultural - Portal do Arqueólogo, accessed on December 23, 2019 (Portuguese).

literature

  • A. Martins: Anta de Fonte de Mouratão . Direção-Geral do Património Cultural, accessed on July 11, 2018 (Portuguese, with extensive literature sv Bibliografia).

Coordinates: 39 ° 24 ′ 43.6 ″  N , 7 ° 34 ′ 15.6 ″  W.